4 Maccabees
Hellenistic Jewish philosophical discourse composed in Koine Greek about the supremacy of pious reason over passion
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Summary
4 Maccabees is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- 4 Maccabees authored Josephus[3].
- 4 Maccabees's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
- 4 Maccabees's instance of is recorded as pseudepigraph[5].
- 4 Maccabees's genre is homily[6].
- 4 Maccabees followed 3 Maccabees[7].
- 4 Maccabees is part of Jewish apocryphon[8].
- 4 Maccabees is part of Books of the Maccabees[9].
- 4 Maccabees's language of work or name is recorded as Jewish Koine Greek[10].
- 1 marks the founding of 4 Maccabees[11].
- 4 Maccabees's work available at URL is recorded as https://pseudepigrapha.org/docs/text/4Macc[12].
- 4 Maccabees's work available at URL is recorded as https://books.google.com/books?id=aSztrrpXxewC[13].
- 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as 4. Buch der Makkabäer[14].
- 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as Δʹ Μακκαβαῖων[15].
- 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as Machabaeorum IV[16].
- 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as מכב״י[17].
- 4 Maccabees's title is recorded as 4 Maccabees[18].
- 4 Maccabees's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as 4 Maccabees[19].
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Authorship and Creation
4 Maccabees authored Josephus[3].
Publication
4 Maccabees's language of work or name is recorded as Jewish Koine Greek[10]. Its genre is homily[6]. Part of include Jewish apocryphon[8], a literary genre[20] and Books of the Maccabees[9], a group of literary works[21].
Adaptations and Inspiration
4 Maccabees followed 3 Maccabees[7].
Why It Matters
4 Maccabees ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]